Yes, it looks like the author had a follow up column to Illich's essay. That's very interesting. Thanks for sharing this.
I attended the Whole Earth 50th anniversary at Fort Mason a couple years ago, and noticed that Illich's name, and those of others like Ken Kesey and John Perry Barlow were mentioned on an 'In Memoriam' plaque for the event. It's interesting to think that he had an equally profound impact on this group of people, who have shaped so much of our culture. His work is always worth another look.
One essay of his that I come back to more than any other is 'To Hell With Good Intentions'. The great man delivered this speech to a group of wide eyed college students who were about to go to Mexico for an aid program and just took a big crap on them. I wish I had been there. I used to share it with friends before they went on vacation.
He was a chemist/crystallographer, and a deeply spiritual Catholic who advocated for the rights of nuns to kill themselves, and a very tactical anarchist. Rest In Peace!
I attended the Whole Earth 50th anniversary at Fort Mason a couple years ago, and noticed that Illich's name, and those of others like Ken Kesey and John Perry Barlow were mentioned on an 'In Memoriam' plaque for the event. It's interesting to think that he had an equally profound impact on this group of people, who have shaped so much of our culture. His work is always worth another look.
One essay of his that I come back to more than any other is 'To Hell With Good Intentions'. The great man delivered this speech to a group of wide eyed college students who were about to go to Mexico for an aid program and just took a big crap on them. I wish I had been there. I used to share it with friends before they went on vacation.
He was a chemist/crystallographer, and a deeply spiritual Catholic who advocated for the rights of nuns to kill themselves, and a very tactical anarchist. Rest In Peace!